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  1. 1.  Alexander Abernethy, Governor of Dundee and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 5D7BE864CAA946E389B1AE4678F57CECC36F

    Family/Spouse: Margaret de Menteith. Margaret and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Maria Abernethy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1296 in Abernethy, Inverness and Kincardine, Highland Council Area, Scotland; died on 19 Nov 1355; was buried in Lindores Abbey, Fife, Scotland.
    2. 3. Margaret Abernethy, Countess of Angus  Descendancy chart to this point and died.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Maria Abernethy Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alexander1) was born about 1296 in Abernethy, Inverness and Kincardine, Highland Council Area, Scotland; died on 19 Nov 1355; was buried in Lindores Abbey, Fife, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Mary Abernethy
    • _UID: BF75BCC564944E239E1036332E7B80EC4A1F

    Family/Spouse: Sir Andrew Leslie, of that Ilk. Andrew (son of Sir Norman de Leslie) was born about 1291 in Scotland; died about 1325 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Maria married Sir David de Lindsay, Lord of Crawford and the Byres on 28 Nov 1324 in Abercorn, Linlithgow, Scotland. David (son of Sir Alexander de Lindsay, Lord of Barnwell, Byres and Crawford and Stewart) was born about 1296 in Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 13 Oct 1357 in Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Sir James Lindsay, Lord of Byres and Crawford (Castle) and Kirkmichael  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1325; died on 11 Nov 1358.
    2. 5. Sir Alexander Lindsay, Lordof Glenesk, Knight Banneret  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1327 in Scotland; died in Oct 1381 in Candia, Crete, on way to Palestine.
    3. 6. Sir William de Lindsay, Lord of the Byres, Knight  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1331 in Crawford Castle, Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 1 Jul 1393 in Byres Castle, East Lothian (Haddington), Scotland.
    4. 7. David Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1346 in Battle of Neville's Cross, Durham, England.
    5. 8. Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  2. 3.  Margaret Abernethy, Countess of Angus Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alexander1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 4DAB11ABECEE455CAEFB7888156EF9085C07



Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Sir James Lindsay, Lord of Byres and Crawford (Castle) and Kirkmichael Descendancy chart to this point (2.Maria2, 1.Alexander1) was born about 1325; died on 11 Nov 1358.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: EAA23779F4E54668B620106D48CAF6203E8B

    Family/Spouse: Lady Egidia Stewart. Egidia (daughter of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland and Isabel de Graham) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Sir James de Lindsay, Knight, Lord of of Crawford, Kirkmichael, Wigton and Symontoun; Chief of Lindsay, Knight Banneret  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1397 in Scotland.
    2. 10. Isabel Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    3. 11. Elizabeth Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  2. 5.  Sir Alexander Lindsay, Lordof Glenesk, Knight Banneret Descendancy chart to this point (2.Maria2, 1.Alexander1) was born about 1327 in Scotland; died in Oct 1381 in Candia, Crete, on way to Palestine.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: EEF548AC19F84F97A01A105488C35A0A9B01

    Family/Spouse: Catherine Stirling. Catherine (daughter of Sir John Stirling, of Glenesk and Barbara Swinburne) was born about 1335 in Glenesk, Angusshire, Scotland; died before 1378 in Glenesk, Angusshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Christine Lindsay, of Glenesk  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1356; and died.
    2. 13. Sir David Lindsay, of Glenesk, 1st Earl of Crawford, Knight Banneret, 10th Baron of Crawford  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1359 in Scotland; died in 1407 in Finhaven (Finavon) Castle, Forfar, Angus, Scotland; was buried in Church of the Greyfriars, Dundee, Aberdeen, Scotland.
    3. 14. Sir Alexander Lindsay, of Kinneff and Baltrody  Descendancy chart to this point died between Jun 1397 and May 1398.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. John Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    2. 16. James Lindsay, Rector of St Brioc, Canon and Treasurer of Aberdeen  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

    Alexander married Marjory Stewart on 19 Oct 1378. Marjory (daughter of Sir John Stewart, of Ralstoun) died in 1442. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Sir William Lindsay, of Rossie  Descendancy chart to this point died between 1435 and 1438.
    2. 18. Sir Walter Lindsay, of Kynneff  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1424.
    3. 19. Eupheme Lindsay, of Glenesk  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1360; and died.

  3. 6.  Sir William de Lindsay, Lord of the Byres, Knight Descendancy chart to this point (2.Maria2, 1.Alexander1) was born in 1331 in Crawford Castle, Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 1 Jul 1393 in Byres Castle, East Lothian (Haddington), Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: EE39F042A5114F95B2D37F485674F1514B19

    Family/Spouse: Christiana Mure. Christiana (daughter of William Mure, of Abercorm and Margaret Lindsey) was born about 1335 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland; died about 1387 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Sir William de Lindsay, 2nd Lord of the Byres  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1 Jul 1352 in Byres Castle, East Lothian (Haddington), Scotland; died about 1 Jul 1414 in Abercorn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland; was buried after 1 Jul 1414 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland.

  4. 7.  David Lindsay Descendancy chart to this point (2.Maria2, 1.Alexander1) died in 1346 in Battle of Neville's Cross, Durham, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 4F0258837821430AA26049A13F2B20F27AC2

    Notes:

    Died:
    The Battle of Neville's Cross took place during the Second War of Scottish Independence on 17 October 1346, half a mile (800 m) to the west of Durham, England. An invading Scottish army of 12,000 led by King David II was defeated with heavy loss by an English army of approximately 6,000?7,000 men led by Ralph Neville, Lord Neville. The battle was named after an Anglo-Saxon stone cross that stood on the hill where the Scots made their stand. After the victory, Neville paid to have a new cross erected to commemorate the day.


  5. 8.  Lindsay Descendancy chart to this point (2.Maria2, 1.Alexander1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 92809016507948D0BFD622FDC4C8D55D0BAF

    Family/Spouse: Ramsay. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Alexander de Ramsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 9.  Sir James de Lindsay, Knight, Lord of of Crawford, Kirkmichael, Wigton and Symontoun; Chief of Lindsay, Knight Banneret Descendancy chart to this point (4.James3, 2.Maria2, 1.Alexander1) died in 1397 in Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: member of parliament, signed Act of Settlement for Robert III, safe conducts for Richard II,Ambassador to England, usticiar north of Forth, Sheriff of Lanark
    • _UID: 7074FD1548434BCD80676E229274EF818629

    Notes:

    Occupation:
    He sat in Parliament 1371 and was one of those who sealed the Act of Settlement of the Crown on Robert III. He had many safe - conducts from King Richard II, 1374-1395, being styled Lord de Lindesay in the safe-conduct of 15 December 1381, and in 1394 was an ambassador with Sir David and others to England. He and his cousin Sir David of Glenesk obtained mutual charters of entail. Sir James was Justiciar north of the Forth in 1373, also Sheriff of Lanark.

    Family/Spouse: Margaret Keith. Margaret (daughter of Sir William Keith, Marshall of Scotland and Margaret Fraser) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Margaret Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1390; died in 1411.
    2. 23. Eufemia Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  2. 10.  Isabel Lindsay Descendancy chart to this point (4.James3, 2.Maria2, 1.Alexander1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: E3E9C83B165841FB9697D26B8769E23BF01D

    Isabel married Sir John de Maxwell before 13 Jul 1369. John and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 11.  Elizabeth Lindsay Descendancy chart to this point (4.James3, 2.Maria2, 1.Alexander1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 5C468DA227224770905330DF77A54A123B7B

    Family/Spouse: Sir Henry de Prestoun. Henry and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 12.  Christine Lindsay, of Glenesk Descendancy chart to this point (5.Alexander3, 2.Maria2, 1.Alexander1) was born in 1356; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 70FEAFDF9C0E42BE8C30DCB007706AE0AF5B

    Family/Spouse: David Stewart, Earl Palatine of Strathern. David (son of Robert Stewart, Robert II of Scotland and Elizabeth Mure) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 13.  Sir David Lindsay, of Glenesk, 1st Earl of Crawford, Knight Banneret, 10th Baron of Crawford Descendancy chart to this point (5.Alexander3, 2.Maria2, 1.Alexander1) was born in 1359 in Scotland; died in 1407 in Finhaven (Finavon) Castle, Forfar, Angus, Scotland; was buried in Church of the Greyfriars, Dundee, Aberdeen, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Crawford Castle, Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; Believed to be early resident of Crawford Castle
    • _UID: 485129B3713C4C8C932026FEC2E556E6B4F3
    • alt Death: 1424, Verneuill, France; Event Description: he may have reach Scotland but died of injuries

    Notes:

    Residence:
    Crawford Castle, substantially in ruins, is located on the north bank of the River Clyde, around 1/2 mile (800 metres) north of Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The ruins stand on an earlier motte and bailey earthwork. The castle is also known as Lindsay Tower, after its former owners, the Lindsay family. The strategic location of the castle, at , guards the strategically important Mennock Pass from England into the upper Clyde Valley.

    Archaeological excavations to the north-west of the castle have shown that a Roman fort, with a garrison of perhaps 300, existed at this site between 80 AD and 170 AD.

    This site was the administrative centre for the Barony of Crawford, at that time the largest and most influential barony in southern Scotland. The Barony was established before 1100 when records of the period show Sveinn as Lord of Crawford. Upon his death, his son Thor, Lord of Tranent and the Sheriff of Edinburghshire, is recorded as Lord of Crawford. Crawford Castle was in existence by 1175, and was probably built as an earthwork and timber castle some time before this by Thor, or indeed by Thor's father Sveinn.

    The Lindsay family inherited the barony of Crawford when William Lindsay married ca. 1154 the younger daughter of Thor, and granddaughter of Sveinn, Lord of Crawford or following the death of Thor in about 1165. It was probably William Lindsay who built the stone castle by 1175. He is recorded as Lord of Crawford by 1185x1190. Crawford Castle is located in Crawford Parish. From an early date, the Clan Carmichael of Meadowflatt acted as hereditary constables of the castle, retaining this post under successive owners.

    In 1398, Robert II granted the title of Earl of Crawford to David Lindsay, who had won great praise on St George's Day, 23 April 1390 for bravery in a duel with the Englishman Baron Welles on London Bridge after Welles, as Champion of England, at a banquet in Edinburgh and presumably after too much alcohol, issued the challenge: "Let words have no place; if ye know not the Chivalry and Valiant deeds of Englishmen; appoint me a day and a place where ye list, and ye shall have experience."

    At the accession of James IV in 1488 the barony of Crawford was transferred to Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus for supporting the young prince's rebellion against his father James III. The Earls of Angus held the castle until 1578, when their estates were forfeited by the young James V. James used Crawford as a hunting lodge until his own death in 1542. His mistress, Elizabeth Carmichael, was the daughter of the hereditary constable. She was the mother of John Stewart, Commendator of Coldingham. James V and Mary of Guise came to Crawford in July 1541 bringing tapestry to furnish their lodging at the castle. George Carmichael, son of the Captain of Crawford, presented three ounces of Scottish gold to the queen.

    After 1542 the barony was returned to the Earls of Angus, the keepership of the Carmichaels of Meadowflatt coming to an end in 1595. In 1633 the 11th earl was created Marquess of Douglas, and the castle was probably rebuilt after this date. The castle then passed to the Duke of Hamilton, before being sold to Sir George Colebrooke in the 18th century. After a period of use as a farmhouse, the building was abandoned at the end of the 18th century, and much of the stone reused to build the present Crawford Castle Farm. Four stone tablets bearing coats of arms, one with the date 1648, are built into the west and south walls of the Castle Crawford House.

    Ruins
    Thumb
    Castle Crawford House, partially built using stone reclaimed from the nearby castle ruins.
    The early earthworks of Crawford Castle comprise a motte around 5 m high, with a surrounding ditch and a bailey some 45 m by 33 m to the south-west. On the motte are the remains of a curtain wall, surrounding an enclosure around 20 m square. There may have been round towers at the corners of this enclosure, which probably dates to the 16th or early 17th centuries. A range of buildings on the south-west side of the castle were built at around the same time. This tower-like range was of three storeys, plus an attic, with a vaulted basement and projecting chimney-breast. To the south-east, a second range was added later in the 17th century, providing more spacious accommodation with larger windows. The prominent arched recess in the east wall suggests that a single storey building of some kind projected from the main structure at this location. Much of the present remains probably date from the 17th century rebuilding by the Marquess of Douglas.

    Crawford Castle is specified in a list of monuments published by the Minister of Public Building and Works under the Ancient Monuments Consolidation and Amendment Act 1913. It is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland lists the site as a castle or motte.

    David married Elizabeth Stewart, Princess, Countess of Crawford on 22 Feb 1375. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Stewart, Robert II of Scotland and Euphemia de Ross, Queen of Scots) was born in Jan 1362 in Dundonald Castle, South Ayrshire, Scotland; died in Feb 1446 in Crawford Castle, Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; was buried in The Howff, Dundee, Dundee City, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Crawford  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1387; died in 1438-1439.

  6. 14.  Sir Alexander Lindsay, of Kinneff and Baltrody Descendancy chart to this point (5.Alexander3, 2.Maria2, 1.Alexander1) died between Jun 1397 and May 1398.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: CD1B9D1961874F939C22C8C2A54FC3EC5315

    Notes:

    Died:
    He had a pension from Crail, the entries in the Exchequer Rolls proving that he died between June 1397 and May 1398. He was a substitute in the entails of Sir James and Sir David, but no mention of his issue subsequently occurs, so he presumably died without male issue.


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  7. 15.  John Lindsay Descendancy chart to this point (5.Alexander3, 2.Maria2, 1.Alexander1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: F1A0BF50F6F442BFBD128365B6BC811449D4
    • Occupation: Bef 19 Oct 1381; remainder man in the charter of Rossie


  8. 16.  James Lindsay, Rector of St Brioc, Canon and Treasurer of Aberdeen Descendancy chart to this point (5.Alexander3, 2.Maria2, 1.Alexander1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Rector of St. Brioc, Canon and Treasurer of Aberdeen
    • _UID: 4339BE9AABB1435496B8514C9ECD68B03567

    Notes:

    Occupation:
    He also had a son James, Rector of St. Brioc, Canon and Treasurer of Aberdeen. He had dispensation for illegitimacy on taking Holy Orders, but as Sir Alexander and his second wife must have been cousins, James may have been their son.


  9. 17.  Sir William Lindsay, of Rossie Descendancy chart to this point (5.Alexander3, 2.Maria2, 1.Alexander1) died between 1435 and 1438.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: A7B6EDE83E96400481CF09E80B2F0FA175BD
    • Occupation: 1407; tutor to David, youger son of the Earl of Crawford, executor to the Earl

    Notes:

    Occupation:
    He was tutor to David, younger son of the Earl of Crawford 1407, executor 7 to the Earl

    Family/Spouse: Matilda Stewart. Matilda died in 1438. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 18.  Sir Walter Lindsay, of Kynneff Descendancy chart to this point (5.Alexander3, 2.Maria2, 1.Alexander1) died in 1424.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 3461821280F94ADAB642CA52175BAAB2A87D

    Notes:

    Died:
    Sir Walter,10 of Kynneff, who was killed at the battle of Verneuil, 1424.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Walter Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  11. 19.  Eupheme Lindsay, of Glenesk Descendancy chart to this point (5.Alexander3, 2.Maria2, 1.Alexander1) was born in 1360; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 7BC512479C3F47E881A4C3E0547AE6B3D278

    Family/Spouse: David Stewart, Earl Palatine of Strathern. David (son of Robert Stewart, Robert II of Scotland and Elizabeth Mure) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  12. 20.  Sir William de Lindsay, 2nd Lord of the Byres Descendancy chart to this point (6.William3, 2.Maria2, 1.Alexander1) was born about 1 Jul 1352 in Byres Castle, East Lothian (Haddington), Scotland; died about 1 Jul 1414 in Abercorn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland; was buried after 1 Jul 1414 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: 29WW-33D
    • Residence: He received the territorial Barony and Castle of Dunnottar, Kincardineshire through his wife, which he later exchanged for Struthers, Fife
    • _UID: D7EA626A4F404E49BFCAE05EA9758A3658D6

    Family/Spouse: Christiana Keith, niece of Robert the Bruce. Christiana (daughter of Sir William Keith, Marshall of Scotland and Margaret Fraser) was born about 1358 in Dunnottar Castle, Stonehave, Kincardineshire, Scotland; died about 1402 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. John Lindsay, 1st Lord Lindsay of the Byres  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1402 in Byres Castle, East Lothian (Haddington), Scotland; died on 6 Feb 1482 in Byres Castle, East Lothian (Haddington), Scotland; was buried in 1482 in Scotland.

  13. 21.  Alexander de Ramsay Descendancy chart to this point (8.3, 2.Maria2, 1.Alexander1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 2DAC76E1BB52421D96E08FF56DEA968F12C8




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